Biography

09/18/1904 - 03/01/1977

Stanley Gordon Stroup (R36) Bedford, Fulton and Somerset Counties 1959-1966 (R36) Philadelphia (Part) County 1967-1968 (R30) Blair (Part), Bedford and Somerset Counties 1969-1972 (R30) Blair, Bedford, Huntingdon, Mifflin (Part) and Somerset (Part) Counties 1973-1974

Early Life:

Stanley Gordon Stroup, born September 18, 1904, Somerset, Somerset County, Pennsylvania; son of Samuel D. and Naoma Blanche Walker Stroup; Altoona High School, 1921; Juniata College, 1925; graduate student, education, Pennsylvania State College (now Pennsylvania State University), 1928; University of Pittsburgh, 1938; graduated, Dickinson School of Law (now Penn State Dickinson Law), LL. B., 1947; War Services Director, United States Army and Navy Radio Training Stations, 1941-1946; teacher and athletic coach, Bedford and Warren High Schools; rewrite staff, Saturday Evening Post, Philadelphia; principal, Sewickley Public Schools; president, Keystone Army and Navy School; attorney, United States Department of Justice, 1947-1954; partner, Livengood, Braucher and Stroup; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1955-1959; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate (Special Election, November 5, 1960-1974); elected, Senate Majority Leader, 1965-1970; elected, Senate Minority Whip, 1971-1974; appointed, chair, Local Government Commission, 1963-1964; appointed, Commission on Interstate Cooperation, 1965-1966; appointed, Joint State Government Commission 1965-1974; appointed, Legislative Budget and Finance Committee, 1965-1974; appointed, Special Committee to Study the Public Employee Relations Act (of 1970), 1973; delegate, Pennsylvania’s Constitutional Convention, 1968; married, LaRue “Larry” Kathleen Robinson Stroup, daughter, son, Gordon E.; died, March 1, 1977, Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland; interment, Schellsburg Cemetery, Schellsburg, Bedford County, Pennsylvania.

Early Career: 

Attorney, practiced before, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, United States District Court, courts of Bedford County, Interstate Commerce Commission. 

Professional titles; business ownership; board memberships; local government; club memberships:

President, Bedford bar, 1951-1961; involved, fundraising Red Cross; organizer, board of trustees, chairman, medical affairs committee Bedford’s Memorial Hospital. 

President, Rotary Club, 1951-1952; general chair, Fort Bedford Bicentennial, 1968; founder, Bedford Development Council; member, Bedford Elks Lodge, Harrisburg Consistory, Royal Arch, Jaffa Temple, Tall Cedars of Lebanon, Saint John’s United Church of Christ.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1955-1959; not a candidate for reelection, 1960. 

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, Special Election, 36th district, Bedford, Fulton and Somerset Counties, 1959- 1966; Philadelphia (Part) County, 1967-1968; Senate Majority Leader, 1965-1966; acting, President pro tempore, Pennsylvania Senate, 1966-1967; Senate Majority Leader, 1967-1968; appointed, chair, Local Government Commission, 1963-1964; appointed, Commission on Interstate Cooperation, 1965-1966; appointed, Joint State Government Commission 1965-1968; appointed, Legislative Budget and Finance Committee, 1965-1968.

Delegate, Pennsylvania’s Constitutional Convention, 1968. 

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 30th district, Blair (Part), Bedford and Somerset Counties, 1969-1972; Blair, Bedford, Huntingdon, Mifflin (Part) and Somerset (Part) Counties 1973-1974; Senate Majority Leader, 1969-1970; Senate Minority Whip, 1971-1974; appointed, Joint State Government Commission 1969-1974; appointed, Legislative Budget and Finance Committee, 1969-1974; appointed, Special Committee to Study the Public Employee Relations Act (of 1970), 1973. 

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:

Official Website - PA House Archives Official Website (state.pa.us)

Legacy: 

Received, commendation, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, training over 20,000 soldiers in radio communications during World War II, as War Services Director, United States Army and Navy Radio Training Stations, 1941-1946.

Juniata College, class president, editor, yearbook, student newspaper.   

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members S". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

The Pennsylvania Manual, (1965-1966). (Volume 97) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 70. 

Journal, Pennsylvania Constitution, 1967-1968, page 70.

Bedford Gazette, (Bedford, Pennsylvania) Wednesday, March 2, 1977. 

The Daily News (Huntingdon, Pennsylvania) Wednesday, March 2, 1977.

Bedford Gazette, (Bedford, Pennsylvania) Thursday March 3, 1977.

Stanley Gordon Stroup (1903-1977) - Find a Grave Memorial